Galley and attachment



May 1, 1951 e. w. FRASER GALLEY AND ATTACHMENT Filed Sept. 10, 1947 JNVENTOR. 'lezzia Mff-aaer Patented May 1, 1951 UNITED STATES E ATENT OFFICE GALLEY AND ATTACHMENT Glenn W. Fraser, Chicago, Ill.

Application September 10, 1947, Serial No. 773,236

14 Claims. 1

My invention relates to printing and includes among its objects and advantages an improved procedure for typesetting and for transferring type from the galley to a stone or chase.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a complete galley and an insert frame according to the invention;

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a perspective enlargement of one corner of the frame only;

Figure 4 is an end view of the same corner partly in section as on line 44 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a detail section on line 55 of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary plan view of a modified construction; and

Figure 7 is a similar view with the crossbrace in the other position.

In the embodiment of the invention selected for illustration, the galley is conventional and comprises a floor [0 bordered on two long sides and one short side commonly referred to as the bottom by an upwardly directed flange l2 which bulges out to define a bead M where the flange joins the floor. I

It has been customary to assemble type in said galleys without proper justification. Sometimes an entire page is a unitary piece of typesetting, but frequently a quarter of a page or a smaller area needs to be separately set. In either instance, the custom has been to assemble the type into the lower left hand corner of the galley. When the page or type section has been assembled, the operator takes a long length of thin string or twine such as is used to wrap parcels with and passes it five to ten times around the mass of assembled type just above the level of the upper edges of the flange [2. After the string is in position and tied, it is possible for the printer to pick up the galley without disarranging the type and carry it over to any desired flat surface and slide the assembled type off the galley into position 0n the stone or flat surface, where it can be justified with other type assemblies to make up the complete form to be locked in a chase.

Many expedients have been attempted in the past to reduce the labor and the delay involved in tying such type assemblies with string preparatory to transfer. So far as I am aware, none of them have achieved acceptance by the trade, although two of them have been offered to the trade for many years with negligible sales.

According to the invention, I provide a complete rectangular frame shaped to fit inside the galley and provided with means for justifying and locking any type assemblies. Before the type is assembled, horizontal and vertical bars are set to required measurements, thus assuring perfect justification. After the type has been assembled the galley is taken to any flat surface and the frame slides out of the galley with the type so that the type set-up rests in position on any flat surface or inside of a chase. Then the locking bars can be loosened or removed and the frame and locking bars lifted from the type assembly.

The frame illustrated is a complete hollow rectangle of which the side members l6 and the cross piece l8 for the bottom end are in the form of channels with vertical webs and top flanges 20 extending outwardly over the edges of the galley flanges [2. The flanges 20 of the side members 16 carry lines 2| uniformly spaced apart by a distance equal to one line of type for convenience in aligning the subdividing means hereinafter described. The channels also have lower flanges 22 shaped to slide in the beads I4.

The side members l6 and bottom member I8 are formed of a single continuous channel by notching out the flanges at the ends of the cross piece l8 and bending the web. The top crosspiece 24 is also of channel cross section but need not necessarily be of the same cross section as the members It, because it does not fit into anything. The ends of the top crosspiece 24 are integrally united to the ends of the side pieces I6 as by welding. Within the frame I provide horizontal and vertical subdividing means. The horizontal subdividing means comprises one or more cross braces 26. Each cross'brace has locating pins 28 at both ends, which pins may be set down into a selected slot 3!! to hold the bars in predetermined positions. The notches 30 are defined by serrations in the upper edges of cleats 32, spot welded at intervals along the entire length of each of the side channels 16. Upon reference to Figure 2 it will be noted that the axis of the pins 28 is 24 points away from the bottom of the bar and onl eighteen points away from the right vertical face of the bar. The right vertical face of the bar is the face that defines the type-receiving space between itself and the crosspiece H3 or another bar 26. It will be apparent that by rotating the bar 26 to bring the bottom face shown in Figure 2 into vertical position and the left vertical face into a horizontal position the effective face of the bar for abutment with the type is shifted six points toward the crosspiece l8, while the pins 28 remain in the same identical notches. This makes it possible to adjust each bar to define a space of any desired vertical extent to within six points.

The vertical subdividing means comprises one or more riders 34, of which only one is illustrated in Figure 1. Each cross brace 26 is provided with a series of slots 36 throughout its length, which slots are spaced pica apart and which are cut into two faces of the bar so that the bar can be positioned in either position and still have upwardly opening slots available to receive the depending angle 38 of the rider 34 with the downward displacement of the rider limited by the horizontal flange 45.

After positioning one or more cross braces 26 in selected predetermined positions, the user may place one or more riders 34 in selected vertical positions and thus subdivide the area within the frame into a plurality of rectangular subdivisions, one or all of which may be filled with separate type assemblies.

Each rider 34 is pivoted at the top or open end. on a guide rod 42 which is housed within the channel 24 and has its ends removably fastenedto the webs of the side channels 16 by the mounting screws 44 as clearly indicated in Figures 3 and 4. The horizontal flange 40 of the rider is continued beyond the end of the vertical flange 38, across the. channel 24 then downwardly at 46 to below the level of the guide rod 42 and then inwardly to terminate in an arcuate portion 48 wrapped partly around the guiderod 42.

; ,I prefer to provide means for locking the framein place in the galley so that the galley and frame and the type in it .can be. carried around freely without fear ofhaving the parts become displaced or separated. At the bottom end of each rider 34 the top flange continues beyond the vertical flange 38 across the top flange of the crosspiece l8 to end in a downwardly directed hook 511. The hook 50 functions in the first instance to keep the exact vertical alignment of the rider by entering a selected one of a ,series of notches 52in the edge of? the top flange of the crosspiece l8. But because it projects down far enough to extend partly across the adjacent face of the flange l2, it; prevents any sliding movement of the frame out of, galley until the operator lifts it.

'Thus the complete assembly of Figure 1 with one or. more'of the rectangular subdivisions filled with type assemblies can be carried around with complete freedom and no risk that the frame will slide out of the galley when that is not desired. When the galley has been placed on a chase or other receiving surface to which the type assembly is tobe transferred, the operator can lift the rider 34 far enough to release the hook 50 from the flange l2. And he has to do this to be able to slide the frame and type assembly off the floor ll] of the galley onto the stone or on the chase. After this has been accomplished he can lift the frame and associated parts away from the type assembly and the transfer is completed.

Where a plurality of separate type assemblies are set up on a single galley it is preferable to arrange the type assembly to be transferred first, farthest from the bottom crosspiece I8. Then it is possible for the operator to slide the frame out of the galley only far enough to carry the highest type assembly off the floor l0, after whichthe operator picks up the galley and frame and leaves one type assembly completely transferred while he remains free to carry the galley and the remaining type assemblies elsewhere, even to another chase, for a second transfer.

Others may readily adapt the invention for use under various conditions of service by employing one or more of the novel features disclosed or equivalents thereof. For instance in Figures 6 and 7 I have indicated a galley construction capable of subdivision without the use of a separate frame. The cross bar 54 differs from the cross bars 26 in having a pin 56 at one end on the end of a spring pressed plunger 'a d urged into the position of Figure 6 by the spring 60 and guided in limited axial movement by the lateral pin 62 slidable in the slot 64. The galley has a floor 66 with side flanges 68 and the line graduations 10 may be scribed on the edge of the flange. The scribing of these lines and the drilling of a series of holes below the lines to receive the pins 55 makes it possible to assemble a single crossbar 54 in an ordinary galley to make a horizontal subdivision. And by putting in two cross bars, guidance is secured for laying a simple angle piece indicated in dotted lines at 12 in Figure 6 in aligned slots in the two cross bars. In this way arcuate subdivision permitting effective justification of type assemblies can be secured in a galley without a frame.

As at present advised with respect to the apparent scope of my invention, I desire to claim the following subject matter:

1. Printers equipment comprising, in combination with a conventional galley having a flat rectangular bottom and upstanding flanges along two sides and the lower end of said bottom; a complete rectangular frame having no bottom and four side members, two of which are shaped to abut and flt the upstanding flanges along the sides of said galley; rigid subdividing means associated with said frame for subdividing the area inside said frame into a plurality of rectangles adapted to receive type assemblies, which assemblies are justified at the time of assembly by engagement with said rigid subdividing means; said subdividing means including a crossbar; the sides of said frame and the ends of said crossbar having interlocking irregularities of contour for fastening said crossbar in predetermined position parallel to said bottom member; and a rider bar shaped to be adj-ustably connected in a position parallel to the side members of said frame by mechanical engagement with the top and bottom side members of said frame and with said crossbar. Y

2. Printers equipment comprising, in combination with a conventional galley having a bottom and upstanding flanges along two sides and the lower end of said bottom; a complete frame having no bottom and four side members, two of which are shaped to abut and fit the upstanding flanges along the sides of said galley; and adjustable means associated with said frame for subdividing an area inside and at one corner of said frame to define a rectangle adapted to rereceive a type assembly, which assembly is justified at the time of assembly by engagement with said subdividing means; said subdividing means including a crossbar; means for fastening said crossbar in predetermined position parallel to said bottom member; and a rider bar shaped to be adjustably connected in a position parallel to the side members of said frame by mechanical engagement with the top and bottom side mem- 5 here of said frame and with said crossbar; said frame andsubdividing means being freely slidable out of the unflanged end of said galley.

3. Printers equipment comprising, in combination with a conventional galley having a bottom and upstanding flanges along two sides and the lower end of said bottom; a frame having no bottom and side members shaped to abut and fit the upstanding flanges along the sides of said galley; and adjustable means associated with said frame for subdividing an area inside said frame adapted to receive a type assembly, which assembly is justified at the time of assembly by engagement with said subdividing means; said subdividing means and frame being freely slidable, as a unitary assembled'structure, out of the unflanged end of said galley.

4. Printers equipment comprising, in combination with a conventional galley having a bottom and upstanding flanges along two sides of said bottom; a frame having no bottom, and side members shaped to abut and fit the upstanding flanges along the sides of said galley; and means associated with said frame for holding a type assembly smaller than the total area of said galley; said holding means and frame being freely slidable, as a unitary assembled structure, out of the 'unflanged end of said galley.

5. Printers equipment comprising, in combination: a combined support and holder in the 9 nature of a type galley; and a supplemental holding means comprising a rectangular bottomless frame freely slidable into and out of said galley; horizontal subdividing means associated with and removable with said frame; said horizontal subdividing means including a plurality of crossbars; ,each crossbar having a plurality of lateral faces at right angles to each other; each crossbar having a pivot stud at each end thereof; said frame having successive irregularities adapted to receive the studs of a crossbar in any one of a plurality of positions separated by a distance equal to one line of type; the distance between the axis of said studs and one type engaging face of said bar differing from the distance between the same axis and another face by one-half a line of type; whereby said crossbar can be positioned with its working type engaging face in any one of a series of predetermined positions separated by a distance equal to one-half a line of type.

6. Printers equipment comprising, in combination: a combined support and holder in the nature of a type galley; a crossbar having a plurality of lateral type-engaging faces; said holder having successive irregularities adapted to receive the ends of said crossbar in any one of a plurality of positions separated by a distance equal to one line of type; said bar ends having portions shaped to engage said irregularities symmetrically about an axis extending longitudinally of said bar; the distance between said axis and one type engaging face of said bar differing from the distance between the same axis and another face by one-half a line of type; whereby said crossbar can be positioned with its type engaging face in any one of a series of predetermined positions separated by a distance equal to one-half a line of type.

7. Printers equipment comprising, in combination: a combined support and holder defining a type-receiving space; a crossbar having a plurality of lateral type-engaging faces; said holder havin successive irregularities being spaced apart a distance equal to one line of type;

said irregularities and the ends of said bar be-- ing shaped for insertion of said bar in either one of two positions, in one of which positions the type engaging face is an integral number of lines away from the bottom of the holder, and in the other an integral number of lines plus one-half line; whereby said crossbar can be positioned with a type engaging face in any one of a series of predetermined positions separated by a distance equal to one-half a line of type.

8. Printers equipment comprising, in combination: a conventional galley having one open end; a bottomless frame slidable into and out of said galley; a plurality of horizontal crossbars; detachable connecting means for assembling each of said crossbars in said frame with the working face of each crossbar in any one of a series of predetermined positions spaced apart by one-half a line of type; each of said crossbars in any position of assembly having a series of vertical slots in its upper face; said slots being uniformly spaced apart a distance equalto one line of type; the bottom cross member of said frame having slots registering with the slots in said crossbars; and a plurality of rider bars each adapted to be laid in vertical position and each having a flange adapted to enter all the aligned slots to hold it in position; each rider bar having pivot means at one end connecting it to a crossbar of said frame for pivotal movement in a plane perpendicular to the floor of the galley, and for sliding movement parallel to said crossbars when said flange is not engaged in said slots.

9. Printers equipment comprising, in combination; a conventional galley having one end open; a bottomless frame slidable into and out of said galley; a plurality of horizontal crossbars; detachable connecting means for assembling each of said crossbars in said frame with the working face of each crossbar in any one of a series of predetermined positions spaced apart by one-half a line of type; each of said crossbars in any position of assembly having a series of vertical slots in its upper face; said slots being uniformly spaced apart a distance equal to one line of type; the bottom cross member of said frame having slots registering with the slots in said crossbars; and a plurality of rider bars each adapted to be laid in vertical position and each having a flange adapted to enter all the aligned slots to hold it in position.

10. Printers equipment comprising, in combination: a conventional galley having one end open; a bottomless frame slidable into and out of said galley; a plurality of horizontal crossbars; detachable connecting means for assembling each of said crossbars in said frame; each of said crossbars in any position of assembly having a series of vertical slots in its upper face; the bottom cross member of said frame having slots registering with the slots in said crossbars; and a plurality of rider bars each adapted to be laid in vertical position and each having a flange adapted to enter all the aligned slots to hold it in position.

11. Printers equipment comprising, in combination: a conventional galley having one open end; a bottomless frame slidable into and out of said galley; a horizontal crossbar; detachable connecting means for assembling said crossbar in said frame; said crossbar having a series of vertical slots in its upper face; the bottom cross member of said frame having slots registering with the slots in said crossbar; and a rider bar adapted to be laid in vertical position and having a flange adapted to enter all the aligned slots to hold it in position.

12. The combination with a standard printers galley of a rigid rectangular frame fitted to slide into and out of said galley; and subdividing means carried by said frame for clamping bodies of type smaller than said frame firmly in place. a

13. The combination with a standard printer's galley of a rigid rectangular frame fitted to slide into and out ofsaid galley; and subdividing means carried by said frame for clamping bodies of type smaller than said frame firmly in place; said subdividing means including a member extending in one direction across said frame; means for fastenin said member in preselected position; a second member extending across said frame perpendicular to said first member; and selective means for member with said first member and said frame.

14. Printers equipment comprising, in combiinterlocking said second 8 nation: a conventional galley having one open end; a bottomless frame slidable into and out of said galley; and a vertical subdividing bar hinged at one end of said frame; the opposite end ofsaid bar having hook means adapted to engage said galley and hold said frame in said galley.

GLENN W. FRASER.

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